EzDSH

An open DeepSeek Harness distribution for macOS and Windows.
A personal AI entry point with a bundled Runtime, an extensible plugin ecosystem, remote operation, and integrated workspaces.

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Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission

Make technology equitable.

Vision

Give everyone an AI entry point for work and life, turning frontier technology into capabilities that are directly usable, composable, and continuously improving.

Values

• Do no harm: Technology must serve people. We do not profit from information gaps, technical gaps, or user trust, and never at the expense of users' safety, privacy, or autonomy.
• Value before technology: We measure ourselves by the real problems we solve and the real value we create—not by how impressive the technology looks.
• Usable by everyone: Users should not have to become technical experts first. Complex capabilities should feel natural to use.
• Open and composable: Models, plugins, tools, and workflows should be freely connected, replaced, and extended.
• Autonomous and trustworthy: Users retain control over their data, configuration, tools, and final decisions.
• Co-build with users: We grow through real-world use and continuous feedback.

Why EzDSH

DeepSeek Harness is a powerful open agent foundation, but using it locally can mean installing runtimes, starting services from the terminal, managing ports, editing provider configs, and keeping processes alive. EzDSH is more than a desktop wrapper: it is a user-facing distribution built around DeepSeek Harness.

EzDSH packages the Runtime, curates a plugin ecosystem, connects remote operation and integrated workspaces, and turns complex capabilities into tools people can use in everyday work and life.

EzDSH brings DeepSeek Harness out of the repository and into a usable entry point for real life.

What you get

Install and run, no environment setup

EzDSH ships with a fixed-version DeepSeek Harness Runtime. You do not need to install Node.js, pnpm, or the Harness CLI yourself. The app creates the workspace, picks a local port, starts the runtime, and loads the Harness Web UI automatically.

Plugin installation is handled by EzDSH’s distribution layer as well. The app uses its bundled DSH Runtime and pnpm, automatically handles known Profile workspace compatibility issues, and verifies that the plugin was added to the target Profile. You do not need to copy commands or add compatibility flags manually.

Full runtime lifecycle management

EzDSH is not a browser wrapper. It manages the complete Runtime lifecycle:

• Automatic startup and graceful shutdown
• Health checks and readiness detection
• Port conflict detection and retry
• Startup timeout handling
• Crash recovery and restart
• Runtime log collection and viewing
• No orphaned background processes

You see a stable desktop app, not a collection of terminal windows.

An extensible distribution layer

EzDSH makes DeepSeek Harness more than a runtime. It provides a place to discover, install, combine, and use capabilities built around DSH:

• Plugin marketplace and curated capabilities
• Remote operation
• Integrated workspaces for connecting tools, workflows, and services
• A growing ecosystem that can evolve with users' needs

DSH-native configuration

EzDSH starts the DSH Runtime directly and leaves provider configuration to the Harness Web UI. EzDSH's own provider setup page is currently hidden so the first release can focus on reliable startup and packaging; the desktop configuration flow will be added in a later version.

Local-first and security-minded

Your keys, sessions, profiles, plugins, and logs stay on your machine.

• API keys never enter renderer storage
• API keys never appear in ordinary logs
• Credentials are saved with restricted permissions
• Renderer is isolated from the file system and Node.js APIs
• Runtime only listens on 127.0.0.1

EzDSH is built for users who want to keep their model calls and work data under their own control.

Upgrades that respect your data

App code, Runtime, and user data are kept separate. Updating EzDSH replaces the client and runtime without touching your:

• Configuration
• Sessions
• Profiles
• Plugins
• Logs
• Local workspace data

You do not rebuild your environment every time the app updates.

A user-facing distribution for Harness

DeepSeek Harness provides the agent runtime, model calls, tool execution, and core Web UI. EzDSH adds the distribution and product layer that makes those capabilities approachable:

• Installer and first-run onboarding
• Visual provider and profile management
• Process supervision and error recovery
• Local data and log management
• Built-in update delivery
• Security boundaries
• Plugin discovery and installation
• Remote access and integrated workspaces

Harness provides the core. EzDSH makes it usable, extensible, and accessible.

Who it is for

• Developers who want to run DeepSeek Harness locally
• AI users who prefer not to live in the terminal
• People who want to use frontier AI without becoming infrastructure experts
• Users who switch between multiple model providers
• Anyone who wants API keys and project data kept local
• Professionals who need a stable entry point for agent, tool, plugin, and workspace workflows

Local use

Option A: Use the installed app

These steps are for users who only want to use EzDSH. You do not need Node.js, pnpm, or a terminal.

1. Open the Releases page.

2. Download the installer for your platform:

   • macOS Apple Silicon: .dmg
   • Windows x64: .exe

   Download these files from the release asset list. GitHub Actions' Artifacts are build archives wrapped in ZIP format and are intended for CI inspection, not normal installation.

3. Install EzDSH:

   • On macOS, open the .dmg and drag EzDSH.app to Applications.
   • On Windows, run the .exe installer and follow the prompts.

4. Open EzDSH from Applications or the Start menu.

5. Configure your model provider in the Harness Web UI.

6. Start working. EzDSH launches the Runtime and opens the Harness workspace automatically.

Option B: Run from source

These steps are for developers who want to run the project locally from a source checkout. This is different from building an installer.

1. Install Node.js 24.18.0 (or a version accepted by package.json).

2. Open a terminal and enter the project directory:

   cd /Users/snake/Documents/ChatGPT/ezdsh

3. Install project dependencies. Run this once after cloning, or whenever dependencies change:

   npm ci

4. npm ci installs the published @deepseek-ai/dsh@0.1.6-alpha.2 dependencies. The local Runtime is the vendored @deepseek-ai/dsh@0.1.6-alpha.2, so build that source checkout before starting the app:

   npm run dsh:source:install
   npm run dsh:source:build

   The development runtime resolver automatically uses the built vendored CLI. Set EZDSH_DSH_SOURCE only when testing another explicit source checkout.

5. Start the local development app:

   npm run dev

6. Use the Harness Web UI opened by EzDSH. Press Ctrl+C in the terminal to stop the development app.

Build from source

macOS (Apple Silicon)

These steps are for developers who need to create a distributable installer or release package.

1. Use a macOS Apple Silicon machine and install Node.js 24.18.0 (or a version accepted by package.json).

2. Open a terminal and enter the project directory:

   cd /Users/snake/Documents/ChatGPT/ezdsh

3. Install project dependencies:

npm ci

4. Create the signed release packages:

npm run package:mac:release

This builds the bundled DSH Runtime, creates a signed DMG, and verifies the packaged Runtime. A valid Developer ID Application certificate is required. The artifacts are written to dist/.

5. To install the DMG, open it and drag EzDSH.app into Applications. Opening dist/mac-arm64/EzDSH.app directly is useful for local development, but does not test the DMG installation or Gatekeeper flow.

Windows (x64)

1. Use a native Windows x64 machine and install Node.js 24.18.0.

2. Open PowerShell and enter the project directory:

   cd C:\path\to\ezdsh

3. Install project dependencies:

npm ci

4. Create the Windows installer:

npm run package:win

This stages the Windows Node Runtime, builds the DSH Runtime with Windows-native dependencies, creates an NSIS installer, and verifies the unpacked bundle. The installer is written to dist/.

5. For a signed release build, configure a Windows code-signing certificate and run:

npm run package:win:release

Windows packaging is prepared for x64 only. It is not executed on the current macOS development machine.

Download

EzDSH checks for updates automatically and notifies you when a new release is available.

For normal installation, download the .dmg or .exe directly from a GitHub Release.

License

EzDSH is released under the MIT License.

_{Built for the DeepSeek Harness community.}